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The UK government faces a difficult challenge in how to decrease the illegal trade of people smuggling into the country. Leaders from across the political spectrum agree that this trade must end. However, there is a range of opinions on how to end it. Labour’s three-word solution is to “smash the gangs” replacing the Conservatives’ controversial plan to send people arriving in the UK without permission directly to Rwanda. Despite this, the number of people crossing in small boats has risen since Labour has been in power. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s approach, instead of the Rwanda plan, has been to create deals with other countries to tackle the criminals who exploit those desperate to come to the UK.
Cooper has concentrated on devising ways to reduce the backlog of asylum seekers to speed up the decision-making process whilst also making it harder for people to enter the country without permission. The number of hotels used to house asylum seekers has risen since the election, which is causing a problem for social cohesion. Although Cooper’s team argues that the number of failed asylum seekers being returned home is increasing, there is criticism that they are not keeping enough of their election promises.
The lack of a visible measure of success leaves the government open to criticism that they are not taking the public’s concern seriously enough. While the UK economy relies on migration, there must be a more fundamental level of honest trade-offs in confronting legal and illegal immigration, according to some. Some Labour voices say a more honest conversation is required, suggesting that resttling some into the UK or developing humanitarian visas would help solve the issue of vulnerable people arriving in the UK in a chaotic manner.
Labour is cautiously picking a practical approach, but the party is facing criticism that this is causing the issue to be a “muddle in the middle.” There is political emotion surrounding the issue of immigration, but there is little agreement on the workability of solutions
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